“游”的活动维度溯源及其美学意蕴探析

On the Origin of the Activity Dimension of“You(游)”and Its Aesthetic Implication

“游”作为一个古老的概念,在甲骨文中就已有之。考其字形,在甲骨“■”(斿)字中,“■”(■)乃作为或动或静的旌旗之状,而“■”(子)实际是特指当时的统治者或宗族的领导阶层。结合上古旗帜所具有的沟通神灵祖先的作用与巫术道具或祭祀礼器性质而言,“斿”的本意即是由“子执■而舞”或“子执■而行”之形所会意的人神“交通”活动。在其中包含有“出行”“无定”“过程”与“愉悦”四个字义特征,并由此形成了“游”之活动的特殊的时空结构维度与生成属性。也正是在这些特殊活动结构与活动模式中,“游”之活动的美学意蕴才得以显现,并奠定了其作为中国传统美学重要范畴的基础。

As an ancient concept,“You(游)”had long been in existence in oracle bone inscriptions.According to its shape,in the word“■”in the oracle bone,the word“■”is used as a dynamic or static signal,while the word“■”actually refers to the ruler or the leading class of the clan at that time.Combined with the role of ancient flags in communicating the ancestors of gods and the nature of witchcraft props or sacrificial rites,the original meaning of“斿”is the“communication”activity of human and gods understood in the form of“the act of holding the flags while dancing”or“the act of walking while dancing”.It contains the four semantic features of“traveling”,“uncertainty”,“processing”and“pleasing”,which forms the activity structure of“You(游)”with“process”as the core and self-purpose,as well as its special space-time dimension and generation attributes.It is in these special activity structures and activity modes that the aesthetic meaning of the activity of“You(游)”can be revealed,and lays the foundation for it as an important category of Chinese traditional aesthetics.